City Landmark – Gole Market, Central Delhi
Tomorrow’s museum. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Gole Market is gole. Truly round. An octagonal building is the sun in its solar system. This central edifice has a grimy tin roof but is historic — it was a…
City Hangout – Best Monsoon View, Gurgaon
Rainy season’s purple prose. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Can anyone get tired of seeing the monsoon from the same place again and again, if the view happens to be among the most beautiful in the entire Delhi…
City Landmark – Poets’ Corner, Modern Tea House
Poetry with chai. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The white lighting at Modern Tea House would illuminate the darkened Walled City alley far beyond the midnight. Inside, the last table would be clouded in tobacco smoke, smelling of…
City Hangout – Deer Park, Hauz Khas
An iconic park’s profound alteration. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] It will soon be a civilisation gone with the wind. The iconic Deer Park in Delhi’s Hauz Khas is set to completely turn around its character. The number…
City Food – Jamun Berries, Around Town
Year’s consolation. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] They are dropping from the tree, hitting the ground—plop! Some of them burst, squirting their purple juice. Some lie whole, waiting for an unsuspecting person to step on them and slip….
City Walk – Ghamand Sarai Street, Gurgaon
True paradise is the paradise lost. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Some believe a land becomes our own only after its soil grows fertile with our memories. A city too begins to truly belong to us only after…
Mission Delhi – Pinky, Meharchand Market
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] She is rolling out yet another atta ball, building up a stack of perfectly round garma-garam tawa rotis. Meanwhile her little daughter is glued to…
City Hangout – Yamuna View Point, H. Nizamuddin Bridge
River in the city. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Stumbling into this distant scenery is like randomly opening an old issue of National Geographic magazine, and finding a breathtakingly panoramic two-page spread on some legendary river. But this…
Mission Delhi – Subhash Yadav, Burari
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] His three children are go-getters. Abhiraj, in 11th grade, is focusing to become an engineer. Suraj, in 10th grade, is focusing to become an IAS…
City Life – Gali Haveli Azam Khan, Old Delhi
Street out of a mansion. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The word is spreading along the galis and kuchas. A new eatery is rustling out unorthodox dishes like “chicken white sauce pasta” and “chicken red sauce pasta.” The…
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